The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-05-12
Lisgarvan Chimney.

lent / don't think Katie an | would be
man an wife this day for you see my
iather was set again the match, Katie
being only a laborer's daughter, while
ne himself was foreman in the mills,
getting good wages, and thought a
good deal of by his employers. An if
t wasn't for Katie | don't think I'd be
here now to tell you about it, for twas
she that saved my life, through hitting
upon plan that never once came into
the heads of me or of my comrades
aye, or of those that you'd have thought
would know better than any of us.
l was not brought up to my fathers
rade, having been taken. when young.
by brother of my mothers master
bricklayer living IN the town. When
my uncle died l came to Lisgarvan for
a bit, just to see my father, and finding
that they were al work on the new
buildings at the mills, / looked for
employment there, an got it at once.
Lisgarvan mill is flour mill, and n
pretty place it was in those days, with
The river running just by the old red
brick buildings, an the big water
wheel always going round an round.
The river falls into larger one little
down, an the tide comes up as far as
The mill. so It's in boats that most of
the corn is brought in, an the flour
carried away. 'Tisn't half so pretty
place now; there are big whitcwashed
buildings alongside of the old brick
1nes, the big wheel is stopped, an you
hear the whirr of the engine instead of
The sound of the water. But they make
power of money there, an gives a
leal of employment.
As | was saying, | got taken on as a
0ricklayer. Katie's father was work
ing there. too an | used TO see her
bringing him his dinner, and, after
bit, | began to think that I'd like to
have her bringing me NINE, too. She
was rs pretty II girl then as you'd see
anywherc--shc's good-looking to this
lay-on' | soon became that fond of
her that I'd done anything Almost, to
get her. She herself was willing
enough; twas my father that made the
difficulty. He was proud man, rs
proud in his way as any gentleman, an
he was right down mad at the notion
Of my marrying a laborer's daughter.
TO be sure, Twas earning good wages,
might have married without asking
any ones leave If I'd been so minded,
but | didn't like to go again the old
man that had always been good TO me.
Besides, Katie was just as proud us
himself, an would have nothing to say
to me unless he was satisfied l got
the master to speak to him, but sure
'twasn't bit of use. "How would
you like, SIR says he to the master.
'if had daughter. to have Master
Philip take up with her, an wouldn't
that be the same thing?" l believe
the master did not think it would be
all the same thing; but my father
would not hear reason from him any
more than from me; so Katie an l had
just nothing for it but to wait in the
hope of his coming round, an very
little hope we had of that same.
As we were putting up a steam en-
CINE in the mill, we had. of course, to
have big chimney, an we got man
down from town TO build it-one of
them chaps that builds chlmneys an
nothin' else, an thinks nobody knows
anything about it but themselves. 1
was working along with him, and, in
deed, twas that built the most of it,
an right good job it was. Twas
finished by Christmas-ten years ago
this Christmas coming on-all but the
lightning conductor, and that was not
put up, owing to the masters wanting
to make inquiries when he'd go to Lon
don an see for himself what would be
the best kind to use. The master was
a scientific sort of a gentleman. an had
ideas of his own-sometimes they'd be
better than other peoples, sometimes
not so good. At any rate, there was a
delay about the conductor, an in the
meantime the engineers were at work,
an the big chimney was smoking away
like blazes Mr.. Brown. the strange
workman, had gone away, saying very
condescending like that he was sure
Jim Forde THAT was me) would be able